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My Father's Life

from BackTracks (1999) by James Hersch

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My Father was in bad shape and it looked like he would be gone soon. I was in Portland, OR waiting for a flight home and I wrote these lyrics on my ticket.

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My father's life is bigger
Bigger than the pain that I'm feeling now
His love of life has moved me
Even here at the end he's holding on somehow
And even in his helplessness, his silence
And his sometimes far off stare
I believe his spirit's sailing through the dark
To a better place somewhere

My father's life is painted in the
Faces of the many who have come to grieve
In a world he colored gently with his teaching
And how they'll miss him as he gently leaves
And even in his helplessness, his silence
And his sometimes far off stare
The beauty of his life is not diminished
Just another color there

My father's life is folded in the
Pages of the stories that he'll leave behind
With humor and humility
So tightly woven beautifully in every line
And even in his helplessness, his silence
And his sometimes far off stare
He tells me that he loves me
Helps me to be braver than I'd ever dare

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from BackTracks (1999), released June 1, 1999

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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more

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